more snow???!!! and a great find at Home Goods

I reached my quota for snow weeks ago.  

Another 8"-10" are on the way tonight.

: (

I am SO ready for Spring.

I found the perfect piece of furniture for my sun room

last week in my favorite Home Goods.

You know what that means, just what I wanted

but very reasonable.

This was just what I was looking for,

but not that day, which was why I found it!

So perfect for that spot!  It was marked down 50%

and love at first sight.  Pictures of it went soaring into

cyberspace for my daughter's, husband's and sister's

approval.  There were scratches & big nicks, but

a can of satin black enamel solved everything.

Hope your week  is happy!

Irish cottage

painted for Virtual Paintout
sold

a year of paintings 2010

Happy New Year!

Wishing everyone a year of health & happiness!
I'm linking to Mosaic Monday at Mary's
& I think there's enough blue for Smiling Sally, too!

season's greetings

and wishes for a wonderful holiday!

This little chickadee turned out to be our Christmas card.

I can never find much time to paint in December.

There's just too much to do.

I do love when life slows down in the deep winter

and I feel free to paint and knit and relax.

Until then...

wrapping, baking, cooking, etc, etc.

Enjoy!

do you have a budding artist?

As an art teacher, I was always asked by parents 

for good drawing book recommendations.

This was my favorite.  

I taught hundreds & hundreds of children how to draw in 3-D

(they REALLY loved that!) using the basics from this book.  

It's not at all intimidating and lays the foundations for 

inventive and creative drawings with simple lines and shapes.

Ages 9-12 (I started the basics with my second graders).

224 pages of FUN!

here's a good one

Oh, yes!  This book would not let me go.

It's a tangled suspenseful puzzle of

three stories.

I was not disappointed!

new photos

 

Bridge of Sighs

Venice

I have added some photographs to my Etsy shop

They were all taken by my daughter who has

a wonderful eye for detail.

Sacre-Coeur

Paris

 Paris Opera House

View from Notre-Dame

Paris